Obese African Americans: The prevalence of dyslipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 384-388

  Randall, Otelio S ^a   Retta, Tamrat M ^a   Kwagyan, John ^a   Gordeuk, Victor R ^a   Xu, Schichen ^a   Maqbool, Abid R ^a   Ketete, Muluemebet ^a   Obisesan, Thomas O ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cardiovascular disease risk factors; Diabetes mellitus; Dyslipidemia; Females; Hypertension; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4344653921     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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